Orlando-based Capital Cargo International Airlines shutting down

December 17, 2012|By Ned Popkins, Orlando Sentinel

Orlando-based Capital Cargo International Airlines will close its headquarters and lay off all 79 employees starting at the end of December, as it prepares to be absorbed into an Arkansas-based sister company, Capital Cargo states in a filing with state labor officials.

In a letter to the state required by the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act, Capital Cargo said it expects to cease operations no later than Jan. 31 because of the merger into Air Transport International Inc. of Little Rock, Ark. It said union-represented crew members would be furloughed by Dec. 31, while the rest of the work force would be let go in February and March.

Both Capital Cargo, based in Lee Vista Center near Orlando International Airport, and Air Transport International specialize in express-delivery freight service.